StationInfo.md

Station Information Format Specification

Description

StationInfo is a format designed to encode the basic information of a station location and quality. StationInfo uses the JSON standard.

Usage

StationInfo is intended for use in seismic data messaging between seismic applications and organizations. The StationInfoRequest Format is intended as a method of requesting a StationInfo message.

Output

    {
      "Type"      : "StationInfo",
      "Site"      :
      {
         "Station"   : String,
         "Channel"   : String,
         "Network"   : String,
         "Location"  : String
      },
      "Latitude"      : Number,
      "Longitude"     : Number,
      "Elevation"     : Number,
      "Quality"       : Number,                  
      "Enable"        : Boolean,
      "UseForTeleseismic" : Boolean,
      "InformationRequestor" :
      {
         "AgencyID"  : String,
         "Author"    : String
      }
    }

Glossary

Required Values:

These are the values required to define a StationInfo.

• Type - A string that identifies this message as a StationInfo.
• Site - An object containing the site for the station, see Site.
• Latitude - A decimal number that identifies the latitude of this station in degrees.
• Longitude - A decimal number that identifies the longitude of this station in degrees.
• Elevation - A decimal number that identifies the elevation of this station in meters.

Optional Values:

The following are supplementary values that may or may not be provided as part of a StationInfo.

• Quality - A decimal number that indicates the quality of the station in a range between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0.0 indicates that the station should not be used.
• Enable - A boolean flag indicating whether use of the station is enabled or not, defaults to true.
• UseForTeleseismic - A boolean flag indicating whether to use the station for teleseismic algorithms, defaults to false.
• InformationRequestor - An object containing the source who requested the information, see Source.